In the present study, in situ phase transformation experiments have been carried out using neutron diffraction to monitor the texture evolution during the &#945;&#8594;ß&#8594;&#945; phase transformation in Ti-6Al-4V with and without 0.4% yttrium additions. The aim of adding yttrium was to control ß grain growth above the transus ß by grain boundary pinning. In the present case, strengthening of the ß texture, occurring during ß grain coarsening resulted in strengthening of particular ß texture components, which increases the likelihood of &#945; texture modification by selective growth of &#945; variants on the common (110) ß grain boundaries into unoccupied large &#946; grains.